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10 Easy Pieces: Wooden Elevated Planters
Bring your gardening to new heights with an elevated planter box. "Why," you ask, "a garden box on legs?" There are several benefits to an elevated planter: Offers "no-bend" gardening, reducing strain...
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DIY Floral Arrangement: Magnolias and More, with Emily Thompson
When it comes to creating seasonal arrangements, New York City floral designer Emily Thompson knows a thing or two. As a member of her team, I have seen her shop brimming with bails and buckets of...
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Global Warming: Tracking Climate Change, Courtesy of Thoreau
Barring unforeseen advancements in time travel, collaborative studies between 19th and 21st century intellectuals aren’t something that we’re likely to see. But thanks to extensive record-keeping by...
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Hardscaping 101: Front Stoops
Most of us want the entrance to our homes to let visitors know we're glad to see them. But how do we achieve that? One way is by paying close attention to the design of the front stoop. The word stoop...
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Shopper's Diary: Rare (and Delicious) Pigs from Australia's Bundarra Berkshires
A family-run farm in Australia's New South Wales is a blueprint for sustainable pig farming: rare breed Berkshires roam around 100 acres of pasture, eating—among other things—grass and dirt. In return...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Tiny Glass Houses on Dry Creek
The footprints were there, waiting for architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. There were two small buildings sitting—in disrepair and despair—on the banks of Dry Creek in Sonoma, California. The...
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Scents and Sensibility: The Scented Geranium is Spring's Must-Have Plant
By now the staff at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses in Waltham, MA, is pretty familiar with that lady from Gardenista, who keeps showing up to photograph their botanicals. Luckily Lynne, Julie, and...
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Recipe: Tea Cake with Meyer Lemons and Rose Geraniums
Nutmeg, apple, peppermint, and French vanilla. Inspired by the delectable aroma of the scented geraniums at the historic Lyman Estate, I decided to create a Victorian tea cake of my own using my new...
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Trending on Remodelista: Low Impact, High Style
Fancying ourselves friends of the environment, we admit to going googly-eyed over interior design that takes a minimal toll on our precious resources. This week on Remodelista, the editors proved that...
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Current Obsessions: Going North
We celebrated Mother Nature this week with our Going Green issue. We got an exclusive tour of the living rooftop at The Academy of Sciences and worked with magnolias and crocuses for a seasonal...
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Grow-Your-Own Wedding Flowers: Will Tara's Tulips Bloom on Schedule?
Arranging a wedding for more than 150 guests is never easy, but Brooklyn gardener and floral designer Tara Douglass, owner of Brooklyn Plant Studio, raised the bar when she decided to grow her own...
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Table of Contents: O Canada
We're heading north this week to welcome spring. Join us: We'll tour a Toronto garden where panels of light make a deck glow like an architectural lantern. We've discovered new sources for stylish...
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Landscape Architect Visit: A Deck That Glows Like a Lightbox, by Joel Loblaw
Joel Loblaw, a landscape designer in Toronto, Canada is bringing outdoor living to the great white north. Loblaw opened his own firm only two years ago and is already getting a lot of attention....
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Field Guide: Boxwood
Boxwood, Buxus sempervirens: "The Lovable Rogue" Though we should know better, we still love box despite the risky reputation it has gained in the 21st century. A historical lynchpin through the ages...
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Garden Visit: Organic Flowers at Red Damsel Farm in Victoria, BC
Clare Day is living many a florist's dream; imagine the luxury of walking out to your farm garden to pick flowers for your arrangements, while being just 15 minutes away from downtown Victoria, Canada....
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Steal This Look: Floral Arrangement in Cocktail Glasses
We recently spotted an arrangement from this year's Salone del Mobile by Milan-based shop owner and designer Rossana Orlandi, and I immediately sought to replicate it. Orlandi arranged six different...
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10 Easy Pieces: X Box Planters
There’s just something cool about X’s: X-rays, X-Men, X Prizes, the heroic X-wing fighter. Is it the subliminal guarantee of structural integrity? The titillating mark of a missive-ending kiss?...
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Architects' Roundup: 10 Contemporary Farmhouse Gardens
We love the simple formula for a farmhouse landscape: wide open pasture surrounded by towering, mature trees. Most of these ten gardens from members of the Remodelista + Gardenista Architect/Designer...
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Recipe: Green Goddess Smoothie
Many a child would prefer avoiding greens, but gardens have a gentle way of convincing children otherwise. Have them pick their own greens, and eating them becomes a pleasure. This Green Goddess...
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Hover Pots: Gardens That Hang from the Ceiling
In an art gallery in a little seaside town on Whidbey Island near Seattle, stylish aluminum planters hang next to the paintings. Museo Gallery’s annual April garden show this year featured work of...
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